Working on this feature gave me the opportunity to reflect on how special I felt and what a dream it was to wear my dress. In that light, I've decided to pass on the good karma and am open selling my gown to interested brides. Please be in touch for further details via pinktogreen @ gmail dot com

I hope you'll indulge this belated wedding post. I'm overjoyed with the way our video turned out and wanted to share! If your not familiar with the story, we renewed our wedding vows this summer after returning home from living abroad; I was literally in tears as I watched this and relived our day of celebration with family and friends.

We used Hitched on Film which is affiliated with Well Spun Wedding Films; Hitched is a more affordable option, but they delivered the artistic feel we were looking for. If you like the super 8 style, I would highly recommend working with this company!

Some brides curtail looking at weddings related sites after they say "I do"-- not me, I still love to browse. I get so much inspiration and would absolutely love to help plan events in the future. Do any of you have suggestions of sites I should check out?

A huge, big, gigantic thank you goes to the girls at Style Me Pretty for featuring our wedding yesterday. I am beyond flattered to have our event on the site where I garnered so much inspiration. I nearly fell out of my seat yesterday when I saw them posted!

Check it out (and leave a comment, if you can!) here: Part I, Part II

{images by Olivia Leigh Photographie }

The colors and feel of this wedding are very appealing to me; I especially like the bridesmaid dresses. Although eclectic, there is continuity in the vibrancy of the palate that really drew me in. Therefore, I’ve invited my best mates [read: a nod to NZ and a non-traditional name for my bridal party] to choose a dress of their preference in this color palate.

My hope is that each of the ladies feels beautiful on the day and that they will want to wear the dress again!

*my dress to be revealed next week!

Eco Elements:
-Bridesmaids choosing their own dress/color means a higher chance they will wear again
- Once Wed is a fantastic resource for sample and lightly worn gowns
- Two of my favoite eco-friendly wedding dress designers: Morgan Boszilkov, Sarah Seven

As the title of this blog suggests, I love both the girly and the green. I used those sentiments as a guide when choosing the decor elements of our celebration.

To compliment our venue and capture our personal style, we are aiming to create a party that feels organically elegant. These are photos I used as inspiration:

I get excited about paper like some girls get excited for shoes. This being said, I was more than enthusiastic about the stationary selections for our re-wedding. Remember this post? Well, I’m happy to unveil our invitation choice, The Walden by Bella Figura. In addition to their outstanding environmental initiatives, Bella Figura has beautiful products and great customer service. The oak tree icon which embellishes the suit is a perfect match for our venue and its environmental values. (Does the tree icon look familiar? Hint, check out the new header!)

Paper products are an exciting element of planning a wedding, but they can also be one of the most non-environmentally-friendly aspects. Being mindful of our eco-cred, we strove to make green choices without sacrificing style.

Eco Elements:
· Skip Paper Save-the-Dates: This is an easy way to cut down on the paper used at your wedding. We created a custom email template with a personal photo and save-the-date information and then emailed our guests. There are numerous ways to make creative, personal and stylish email save-the-dates these days and we felt this was one easy area to forgo paper. For some great examples, look here.
· Reply post card: A reply post card is a cute and easy way to save paper by eliminating the extra envelope; as an added bonus this makes the invitation weigh less which also means less postage is needed
· Wedding Website: In addition to serving as a useful tool for your guests and wedding party, the website is a great way to save on paper. Instead of including accommodation, transportation and activity information in our invitation, we invited our guests to visit our website in order to get that info.
· Create Double Duty Items: If we are using paper, I tried to make it work double duty. For example, our favors also double as our escort cards. Get creative!
· Print on Recycled Paper: Programs, menus and table numbers all add up so we made sure to use environmentally friendly paper to print these items. It is so easy to do now, especially since Paper Source has a huge selection of great products that have eco-cred. Additionally, for rehearsal dinner, shower and thank-you cards, Wedding Paper Diva’s can’t be beat. They have a huge selection and they print on recycled paper. (This is also a great option for baby showers and bachelorette party invites)